As a first time cruise I'd have to say this was the probably the best vacation we've had ever. There was a group of 22 of us and boy were we in for some hella fun.

Starting off with EMBARKATION:

We drove down from Atlanta the day prior and stayed at the Sheraton on Cypress. Very beautiful hotel. Ended up getting our rooms at no charge due to filthy bathrooms otherwise rooms were absolutely gorgeous. The next day packed up and headed to eat then drove to port. Little did we know there were several entrances to get into port and ended up getting lost. (GPS did not take us directly in the correct entrance) We ended up almost missing the EMBARKATION literally by 3 minutes as we did not arrive into the correct entrance until 3:27. (You have to board by 3:30) Anyhoo..valet parked for $80 and headed in....there were no lines whatsoever and we made it through embarkation smoothly. Read more